Tobacco-prize



(ModeL) J. H. GROW.

' TOBACCO PRIZE.

No. 450,576. Patented Apr. 14, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES H. OROlV, OF DULANEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH 'JO .l. V. FLETCHER,OF PRINCETON, KENTUCKY.

TOBACCO-PRIZE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,576, dated April14, 1891.

Application filed January 17, 1890. Serial No. 337,266. (Model) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. CROW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dulaney, in the county of Caldwell and State of Ken tucky,have invented a new and useful Machine for Prizing Tobacco, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tobacco-prizing machines; and it has for its principal object the production ofa machine of this class in which the pressing mechanism, after havingcompleted its work on the tobacco in one hogshead or other vessel, canbe swung clear of that hogshead and into position over another placed inits path of travel, thereby permitting an empty hogshead to be filled ina position to be operated on by the pressure mechanism while thecontents of a filled hogshead are being pressed.

Another object of my invention is the pro-' duction of a machine of thiskind which will be simple in its construction, and which can also beeasily taken apart and put together when it is desired to move it fromplace to place.

The invention willfirst be described in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which is a perspective View of my machine, and then pointed outin the claims.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the platform of the machine,constructed of two stringers l 1, united in the middle by a crossbeam 2and at each end by a cross-beam 3. On the ends of the stringers areformed cylindrical projections 4, for a purpose which will hereinafterappear.

B represents a square post, preferably of iron, whose lower end issocketed in the middle portion of cross-beam 2, and for the purpose ofsupporting this post in a vertical position there is a metal plate 6slipped over it, from which extend brace-rods 7, whose lower ends arehooked and engaged with staples 8 in the stringers. The upper end of thepost is made cylindrical in form, thus leaving a shoulder 9, as seen indotted lines, and this cylindrical portion is screw'threaded for a shortdistance, for a purpose hereinafter stated.

0 represents the pressing mechanism, which consists of a horizontal beam10 and a screw 11, passed vertically through the beam. One end of thisbeamis journaled on the cylindrical portion of post B, being held inposition thereon by the shoulder 9 and a nut 12 screwed on the threadedportion of the'post.

beam, and are secured by nuts 17, as shown.

Midway longitudinally of beam 10 there is secured a perforated plate 18,screw-threaded interiorly, through which plate and a perforation in thebeam registering with that in the plate is passed the pressure-screw 11,the upper headed end of which is perforated for the reception of a leverwhereby to turn the screw, and to the lower end of the screw there isattached, preferably swiveled, a disk 19, affording an increasedbearing-surface on the pressing-boards to be placed in thehogshead.

From what has already been stated, taken in connection with thedrawings, the opera tion of my machine will be manifest withoutfurtherdescription, as will also the expedition with which the work can beaccomplished, the saving of the labor of moving a filled cask toposition under the pressure-screw, and the facility with which themachine can be taken down and put up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tobacco-prizing machine, a platform capable of supporting twohogsheads or other casks and a post rising centrally from the platformof a beam journaled at one end on the upper end of the post, apressure-screw passed through the central portion of said beam, andmeans for holding the outer end of the beam in position, substantiallyas do l the central portion of said beam, and lie-rods scribed. attachedto the outer end of the beam and [Q 2. In a tohacco-prizingmachine aplatform l adapted to engage the projections on the plat capable ofsupporting two hogsheads or other l form, for the purposes stated.

casks and having projections at each end and JAMES H. CROW. a postrising centrally from the platform of a l Witnesses: beam journaled atone end on the upper end Wu. J. JONES,

of the post, a pressure-screw passed through 1 YOUNG GEORGE.

